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Congratulations! You want to bring a book into the world. Here's some
background on creating a book you may find helpful as you move forward.
Overview
Typically it takes a year
for a book to appear from the time the manuscript reaches the publisher,
and it typically takes six months to create a final manuscript. Prior to
that, you have to develop a proposal, which takes several weeks to two
months, depending on how clear you are on the content and how much
research you need to do on competitive titles. And, of course, you have to
get an agent to agree to represent you, which could take an unknown amount
of time. So, here's the approximate timeline:
Month
Action
24-22 Write proposal
21 Show it to agents
20 Sign agent
19 Integrate agent's recommendations
18 Agent sells book to publisher
18-12 Write manuscript
16-14 Editor and agent review chapters completed
so far
12 Send manuscript to publisher
9-6 Integrate two rounds of edits from
publisher
0 Publication!
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